Privacy Practices

By accessing any area of The Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin (CASDSM) web site, (the “Web Site”) the user acknowledges this notice, and agrees to the terms and conditions, set out below. Except where stated otherwise, the term ” The Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin (CASDSM) ” used on the Web Site shall include The Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin (CASDSM) web site and its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns.

We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information.

The Society recognizes that the appropriate sharing of information, including personal information in to plan for and provide services is essential for creating positive outcomes for children and families and our organization is held accountable by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario for ensuring that our practices meet the requirements of Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act. For further information on our practices involving the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, our agency policy “safeguards for personal information” contains additional information.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE:

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, postal address, and phone number (“Personal Information”).

LOG DATA:

Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

COOKIES:

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Like many sites, we use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

DOUBLECLICK COOKIE:

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Site. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Site or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of using the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings page.

CASDSM uses Remarketing with Google Analytics to advertise on third-party sites to you after you visit our Site. We and our third-party vendors, like Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Site.

You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page. Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURE:

CASDSM does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Do Not Track websites is a preference you can set in your web browser to let the websites you visit know that you do not want to be tracked. You can disable or enable this setting by visiting the Preferences or Settings menu of your web browser.

COMMUNICATIONS:

CASDSM does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in any email we send.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS:

CASDSM will disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our Site.

BUSINESS TRANSACTION:

If CASDSM is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to different Privacy Practices.

SECURITY:

The security of your Personal Information is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES:

Our Site may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Practices of every site you visit.

CASDSM has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY:

Our Site does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we discover that a Child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.

CHANGES TO PRIVACY PRACTICES:

CASDSM may update its Privacy Practices from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Practices on the Site. You are advised to review this site periodically for any changes.

CONTACT US:

If you have any questions about our Privacy Practices, please contact us at 705-566-3113 or toll free at 1-877-272-4334.